The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-24


A scrub hog eats more than asood
one.
No fruit-grower can afford 20 DO
without force pump or syringe with
which TO spray his trees. II Is the
cheapest way 70 fight insects. - Home
and Farm.
--Molasscs Cookies. One cup each
of molasses and brown sugar. three
! fourths cup Of melted lard. one egg. |
two teaspoonfuls Of soda, one In the
| sour milk. the other In the molasses.
and -four 20 mix. not too hard. House
4 hold.
| Cream Carrots. Peel and slice thin.
boil until tender; then drain of water
add butter and let them simmer q
while, then turn on rich milk with
flour enough to make q gravy. They
are nice without the milk for achange.
-Boston Budget.
Most kinds Of fruit trees thrive
best on rolling land. Hardy grapes do
well on almost any soil with little
care. Sandy ridges are best adapted
to their growth. but sand and leaf
mold mixed with underdrained clay
will produce large vines and fine
| Yields Of fruit. - Troy Times.
Alfalfa is proving great blessing
TO the cattle growers Of California
!, With 1t and a supply Of water vast
tracts Of sandy waste, once thought
. | yalucless. have become source o.
7 large profit to their owners. The flesh
; 81 alfalfa-fcd cattle is said to be Of SUI
perior quality. Cincinnati Times.
Jelly Sauce. Melt one ounce Of
sugar and couple Of tablespoonful
I Of currant Jelly over the fire in half q
$ pint Of boiling water. and stir into the
4 sauce teaspoonful Of corn-starcf
y dissolved in half cup Of cold water
y Let il come to q boil. and It will b.
$ ready for use. Demoresrs Monthly.
= Remember that the greatest enc
z my plant can have is another plan
: Of the same kind growing by its side
/ as both feed on the same material re
e move the weaker plant and leave tn
u stronger. One good plant will yiel
x more than two plants under unfavors
lc BILE conditions. indianapolis Journa
= Never cut down tree in fiel
- that Is to be cultivated, but dig aroun
y IL and cut of the roots. when il wi
- fall over and the stump can be r.
W moved ut once. A stump in field {
" garden is as bad as rock and hards
~ 10 dig out. but if taken out with u
y tree the Job is not a difficult one
- u Mail.
g in many Of the best nurseries u
: practice prevails Of root-pruning ire
.'e a few months. and sometimes ~
nc year, before they arc TO be taken U
81 Ordinary cultivation necessarily !
81 wolves considerable root-pruning, al
~ is one reason why forest trees grown
y. nursery rows are so much surer
nu live and grow than the same varieti
iai taken from the woods, where they ha
grown without any disturbance
w their roots. In the forest growth,
- roots have wandered without chez
and can not be taken up without
", ", stroying the remote ends, which 6
80 tain the feeders. -E Exchange.
VI 1t is often the case that ladies ;
( - benefited BY light work in the z
~ den. and especially II they are int
III ested in observing the different sta;
~ 81 growth Of the plants, and when
~ farmers wife. and the children al
become interested. the cost Of the lal
!. may be really considered a. nothi'
haf while the saving Of doctors bills
clv the enjoyment Of the garden luSnr
no more than compensate for the care
MT slowed. II every farmer would hay
no garden and take an interest in II
M would greatly add to the comfort
can enjoyment Of farming. as well a. pr
III very profitable. 81. Louis Republic